Coldplay’s Chris Martin/ Astronomer CEO and HR
The husband of former HR executive Kristin Cabot, who went viral after being filmed cuddling with her boss at a Coldplay concert earlier this year, was reportedly at the same show with his own date, according to The Times.A source told the outlet that Cabot had already separated from her husband, Andrew Cabot, weeks before the incident. “He was in fact at the same Coldplay concert as Kristin,” the source said, dismissing earlier claims that Andrew had been in Japan at the time. “They had been separated and living apart for several weeks. It was amicable. Kristin was in the box with people from work, though it wasn’t a company box, and Andrew was actually there too with a date, with a woman who is now his girlfriend.”The viral clip showed Cabot with Andy Byron, then-CEO of AI firm Astronomer, before she abruptly ducked out of sight, sparking online speculation of an affair. The source, however, said: “She knew it was inappropriate to behave that way with her boss as the head of HR. It was not that she was caught cheating, it was not some affair. She fully acknowledges [the situation] was inappropriate, but that was the only inappropriate thing she did. ”Byron resigned from his position following the incident, with Cabot also leaving Astronomer shortly after. The company later posted a satirical Instagram ad featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, ex-wife of Coldplay’s Chris Martin, in response to the scandal.Earlier this month, court filings revealed that Kristin Cabot, 52, petitioned for divorce on August 13. A spokesperson for Andrew Cabot confirmed to People magazine: “They were privately and amicably separated several weeks before the Coldplay concert. Their decision to divorce was already underway prior to that evening. Now that the divorce filing is public, Andrew hopes this provides respectful closure to speculation and allows his family the privacy they’ve always valued.”Since the viral moment, Kristin Cabot has largely withdrawn from public life in New Hampshire. According to The Times, she has received hundreds of death threats and avoided leaving home in hopes of protecting her children. “The thing is, something like this could happen to anyone, she was just very very unlucky,” the source said. “She could not believe that this could be such a global story… The level of cruelty and vitriol lobbied at her was unfathomable.”
